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Published: Friday, November 2, 2012 at 5:00 p.m.

Last Modified: Friday, November 2, 2012 at 5:00 p.m.

A man was arrested Friday after he told police someone drugged his girlfriend, but when she revived, she told officers he had beat her, police said.

Joshua Tillman, 22, of Thibodaux, called police about 10:45 a.m. and told them his girlfriend had been drugged and was unconscious, Thibodaux Police said.

“When she came to in the hospital, she told police a different story,” Thibodaux Police Detective David Melancon said.

She said she and Tillman were at a hotel on St. Mary Street when Tillman began beating her with a gun in front of their child, police said. At one point, Tillman pointed the gun at her and threatened to kill her.

Tillman is charged with second-degree battery, domestic-abuse aggravated assault with child endangerment and domestic-abuse battery with child endangerment. He is in the Lafourche Parish jail on a $255,000 bond.

<p>A man was arrested Friday after he told police someone drugged his girlfriend, but when she revived, she told officers he had beat her, police said.</p><p>Joshua Tillman, 22, of Thibodaux, called police about 10:45 a.m. and told them his girlfriend had been drugged and was unconscious, Thibodaux Police said.</p><p> “When she came to in the hospital, she told police a different story,” Thibodaux Police Detective David Melancon said.</p><p>She said she and Tillman were at a hotel on St. Mary Street when Tillman began beating her with a gun in front of their child, police said. At one point, Tillman pointed the gun at her and threatened to kill her.</p><p>Tillman is charged with second-degree battery, domestic-abuse aggravated assault with child endangerment and domestic-abuse battery with child endangerment. He is in the Lafourche Parish jail on a $255,000 bond.</p>